I'd like to respond to Dusko's note with an open message to all; I'll try to be brief. I'm grateful to Dusko for his posting, and also to the people who responded to me privately as I'd requested. My only reason for requesting private replies was to avoid any intrusion people might feel if I started another thread such as the "battle" to which Dusko referred:
it's interesting that almost no one took michael healy's bait (attached). a couple of years ago, a similar question started a long battle between a group of categorists from this list, and a group of set theorists on another list. traces of that battle can still be found scattered on the web.
I mean to send a compilation of the responses I received to all respondents because they've all expressed interest, either explicitly or implicitly by responding. I've been short of time and haven't done this yet, partly because I also want to ask each individually if it's OK to use his/her name attached to the response (otherwise, said response will be included as "anonymous"). I will get to it within the next few weeks. In the meantime, I've enjoyed this as a learning experience! Thank you, Mike -- =========================================================================== e Michael J. Healy A FA ----------> GA (425)865-3123 | | FAX(425)865-2964 | | Ff | | Gf c/o The Boeing Company | | PO Box 3707 MS 7L-66 \|/ \|/ Seattle, WA 98124-2207 ' ' USA FB ----------> GB -or for priority mail- e "I'm a natural man." 2760 160th Ave SE MS 7L-66 B Bellevue, WA 98008 USA michael.j.healy@boeing.com -or- mjhealy@u.washington.edu ============================================================================